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White people kneeling and praying for forgiveness in George Floyd’s hometown is alright but we risk being hoodwinked
2020 has proven itself not to be an ordinary year and the coronavirus pandemic has further exposed human frailties. But while the world was under siege from this virus, it was business as usual for some...
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Why it took 27 years for Burkinabés to dispose of traitor Compaoré and publicly mourn Sankara
When Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was assassinated on October 15, 1987, by military officers believed to have been led by Blaise Compaoré, he had to his name $450 salary, a car, four bikes,...
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Clamor grows for fmr college student’s 12-year conviction by all-white jury over disputed rape to be probed
There is growing call for the alleged rape case involving Albert Wilson to be re-opened for the facts to be weighed on their own merits. To those ends a website has been created to push his case and solicit...
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Ever knew Halle Berry was Miss Ohio, Miss USA runner-up and first Black USA Miss World entrant?
You know 53-year-old Halle Berry as an academy award-winning actress. The only woman of African-American descent and the only woman of color to have won the Oscar for best actress. However, there was a...
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William Marshall, favorite action hero and leading star in first major black horror films
At 6ft 5in tall, William Marshall in the 1950s became a favorite action hero (along with Woody Strode) for black cinema audiences in films such as Lydia Bailey (1952), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)...
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How Britain’s Musical Youth of ‘Pass The Dutchie’ song fame fizzled in 3 years after a global shine
Musical Youth, the child novelty act, had the good fortune of finding fame in England and America on the back of their smash hit “Pass The Dutchie“. They toured the world at the height of their...
